iMacros: URL GOTO = null, skip?

Question

I have a long sequence of code, that visit a website, logins in, posts content from a .csv and saves information, logs out and visit the next website. It's all hard-coded.

What is the easiest way of skipping parts of the code? I have 60 websites. Example:

Right now, I don't want the macro visiting website 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 22, 26, 35, 40, 45, 50, 59.
In one hour, I don't want the macro visiting website 4, 5 , 9, 10, 19, 30, 31, 49 and 50.

Example how my code looks:

' First Website 
TAB T=1
SET !DATASOURCE test.csv
SET !DATASOURCE_COLUMNS 2
SET !LOOP 2
SET !DATASOURCE_LINE {{!LOOP}}
SET !ERRORIGNORE YES
SET !TIMEOUT_PAGE 2

URL GOTO=http://liu.com

TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:TEXT FORM=ID:mortalSubmit ATTR=NAME:title CONTENT={{!COL1}}
TAG POS=1 TYPE=TEXTAREA FORM=ID:mortalSubmit ATTR=ID:post CONTENT={{!COL2}}
TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:SUBMIT FORM=ID:mortalSubmit ATTR=ID:submit

ADD !EXTRACT {{!URLCURRENT}}
ADD !EXTRACT {{!COL1}}
ADD !EXTRACT {{!COL2}}
TAG POS=1 TYPE=DIV ATTR=CLASS:success EXTRACT=TXT
TAG POS=1 TYPE=DIV ATTR=CLASS:error EXTRACT=TXT
SAVEAS TYPE=EXTRACT FOLDER=* FILE=report.csv

TAG POS=2 TYPE=A ATTR=TXT:Log<SP>out

WAIT SECONDS=3

' Second Website 

TAB T=1
SET !DATASOURCE test.csv
SET !DATASOURCE_COLUMNS 2
SET !LOOP 3
SET !DATASOURCE_LINE {{!LOOP}}
SET !ERRORIGNORE YES
SET !TIMEOUT_PAGE 2

URL GOTO=http://kang.com/admin

TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=TXT:Add<SP>New
TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:TEXT FORM=ID:combatSubmit ATTR=NAME:title CONTENT={{!COL1}}
TAG POS=1 TYPE=TEXTAREA FORM=ID:combatSubmit ATTR=ID:post CONTENT={{!COL2}}
TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:SUBMIT FORM=ID:combatSubmit ATTR=ID:submit

ADD !EXTRACT {{!URLCURRENT}}
ADD !EXTRACT {{!COL1}}
ADD !EXTRACT {{!COL2}}
TAG POS=1 TYPE=DIV ATTR=CLASS:updated EXTRACT=TXT
SAVEAS TYPE=EXTRACT FOLDER=* FILE=report.csv

TAG POS=2 TYPE=A ATTR=TXT:Exit

WAIT SECONDS=3

This works perfectly for me.

So, in the example above how do I make the code skip First Website and straight go for the Second Website? I know I can make the first parts of the code a comment and change SET !LOOP from 3 to 2. It works, but I can't do this with 60 websites.

I was thinking..

I have a seperate .csv with URL information:

URL,Name
http://liu.com,LIU.COM
http://kang/admin.com,KANG.COM

And in the code:

SET !DATASOURCE urls.csv

' First Website
SET !LOOP 2
URL GOTO={{!COL1}}

' Second Website
SET !LOOP 3
URL GOTO={{!COL1}}

And somehow make IF col1 = null GOTO COMMAND LINE x, or something! Or just let type in dasjdkaskasdasasdasg.com in col1 and let it run trough, though this would be a timewaster. Does it exist a better solution?

SET !LOOP is also a problem. Is it possible to make the first !SETLOOP 2 and every other that comes next !SETLOOP previous+1

Best regards,

Liu Kang

UPPDATED: Impossible to achive this just by using IIM. Tried long with EVAL to make SETLOOP go up, but this is very limited. See updated comment.

Summary from comment:

Splitted up the code into one .iim-file per website
All .iim-files have a unique SETLOOP and imports data from the same .CSV
A Javascript file execute each .iim-file
Working on a solution to make the Javascript execute the .iim-files only when COL3 in the .CSV contains data, problem now is to make the Javascript import data from the .CSV when jQuery isn't allowed when using iMacros.

Just wondering... are you mayhaps building some sort of automated spambot? — STT LCU, Jul 08 '13 at 06:39
I am indeed creating a "bot" that posts to websites, but I is _not_ spam. Please look my previous question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17478645/posts-to-wordpress-sites-via-dropbox-fetch-and-reporting-the-urls The content that is posted is _unique_ for every website. I pay as much as 15$ for every article. I am doing this manually today and I have a trusted accounts on all of the websites with many, many, many posts. I am posting from the same accounts every time, if I would be spamming I would not use the same. I just want a bot that makes my job exactly as I do it today, but faster. — Liu Kang, Jul 08 '13 at 06:47
you can't do this is regular IIM - convert your code to js format and run different website code according to IF statement result — Bestmacros, Jul 08 '13 at 09:08
@Bestmacros Thanks for pointing me to the right direction. Working on a .JS script now, I have splitted up the code so every website has it's own .iim-file. Every .iim file imports data from a single .CSV I now have to make the .JS script only run a .iim-file if the .CSV contatins data on a special line. The first problem is, how do I import .csv data to Javascript when jQuery is not allowed with iMacros? — Liu Kang, Jul 10 '13 at 13:58

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 10 '13 at 17:01

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here is code example on

how to import .csv data to Javascript when jQuery is not allowed with iMacros?

var checksubj,scrape;
checksubj =  "CODE:";
checksubj +=  "SET !DATASOURCE example.csv" + "\n"; 
checksubj +=  "SET !DATASOURCE_COLUMNS 1" + "\n"; 
checksubj +=  "SET !DATASOURCE_LINE {{line}}" + "\n";
checksubj +=  "SET !extract {{!col1}}" + "\n";
iimSet("line",1);
iimPlay(checksubj);
scrape=iimGetLastExtract(0);

answered Jul 10 '13 at 17:01

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Thanks for your help. Solved it here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17551713/import-csv-data-into-javascript-and-run-execute-if-string-contains-data – Liu Kang Jul 12 '13 at 13:11

iMacros: URL GOTO = null, skip?

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